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A REVIEW ON TRACE ELEMENTS
Trace elements are metals present in tiny quantities within our bodies, which activate vital functions and biological exchanges. Without these trace elements, life would be impossible. Among the hundred or so elements comprising our universe, only 11 of them enter into the composition of 99.8% of our body. They are: Calcium, carbon, chloride, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, phosphorous, Silicon, sodium, and sulfur.
The remainder, i.e. 0.02%, of our body is left to the following trace elements: arsenic, bromide, iodine, aluminum, cobalt, iron, copper, manganese, nickel, and zinc.

 

THE SPECIFICITY OF HORMETA TRACE ELEMENTS
Trace element presence in the skin is essential. Any deficit is translated by dehydration and premature aging of the epidermis with altered skin tone and elasticity.
Maurice Chaponnier, the founder of Laboratoires HORMETA understood, already in 1950, the importance of trace elements in our body and specifically in the skin. In adopting this position, he became a pioneer and braved criticism; since, at that time, the scientific community believed trace elements were useless.

Maurice CHAPONNIER's early work sought to develop an electro-physical process designed to provide trace elements to the skin in ionic form, i.e. electrically charged. This electric charge is the energy that they make available so that a biological action can take place. Subsequently, every HORMETA product contains a cocktail of ionized trace elements that is specific to it. This basic discovery in modern cosmetology explains the exceptional performance of HORMETA product care.

 

The HORMETA Trace Element Complex
Magnesium, Manganese, Copper, Silicon, Zinc, Iron. Calcium and Magnesium are necessary in the ionic state to promote conjunctive cell metabolism and specifically that of the fibroblasts in which are manufactured collagen fibers and elastin.
Any reduction of these two elements in the dermal conjunctive tissue causes more or less quick early aging of the skin.
Copper is a trace element whose concentration in dermal conjunctive tissue is extremely low, but whose presence is necessary for all oxydo-reduction reactions in dermal cells. Cobalt and Manganese are also trace elements needed in very low concentrations in dermal conjunctive tissue. They contribute through their catalyzing action which binds tissue vitamins and proteins.